Buried in the Cat’s Paw Nebula Lies One of the Largest Space Molecules Ever Seen – Space.com

A view of space with an illustration of molecules on the right and a telescope array on the bottom left.

Scientists have discovered a hitherto unknown space molecule while probing a relatively nearby region of intense star formation, a cosmic point about 5,550 light-years away. It is part of the Cat’s Paw Nebula, also known as NGC 6334. The team, led by Zachary Fried, a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), examined … Read more